I am starting to get used with this dual joystick setup. Very nice to fly with it. I improvised a "pilot chair" from an armchair and two footstools on each side of it (with a joystick on top of each footstool). A more rigid setup would be better, but it works good enough.
Current bindings (after few re-arrangements/testing slightly different setups):
Right hand joystick (Thrustmaster T.16000M)
- X-axis: yaw
- Y-axis: pitch
- rotZ-axis (stick twist): nothing assigned to it
- [index finger] main trigger (button 1): boost/afterburner on double tap (got this idea from one of
Stringjam's post - it works very well like this)
- [thumb] back button (button 2): brake - I find it natural to press both the main trigger and this middle/back button for boosted brake
- [thumb] left button (button 3): target closest enemy
- [thumb] right button (button 4): reticle target (target closest ship to Gun Cross)
- throttle slider: unused
- [thumb] hat switch: cockpit view left/right/up/down
Left hand joystick (Logitech Extreme 3D Pro)
- X-axis: strafe left/right
- Y-axis: strafe forward/back
(I find it more intuitive to have all strafing on horizontal plane on X and Y axis)
- rotZ-axis (stick twist): roll
- [index finger] main trigger (button 1): fire weapon group 1
- side trigger (thumb trigger if joystick is used with right hand) (button 2): lock missile/fire missile (on hold) - this is kind of inconvenient to use with left hand
- [thumb] button 3 (lower row - left): PRE/SCM/CRU toggle
- [thumb] button 4 (lower row - right): fire weapon group 2
- [thumb] button 5 (upper row - left): Decoupled Mode toggle
- [thumb] button 6 (upper row - right): rear view
- [thumb] hat up/down: zoom in/out
- [thumb] hat left: launch countermeasure
- [thumb] hat right: cycle countermeasure (flare/chaff)
- throttle slider: throttle
Pedals (from Logitech WingMan Formula Force GP Wheel)
- left pedal: strafe up
- right pedal: strafe down
I have some keybindings made for the buttons on the bases of the joysticks (like quantum jump, landing mode), but I haven't really thought yet what would be best to assign to them.